[MicroBob]

Motor City Bowl isn't exactly the highest profile nor is heading to Detroit in the winter the greatest of attractions. But at least it's close enough where a bunch of Hoosier fans can very realistically make the trip.
Since it's a night game they can even just make it a long day of driving up there and back if they wanted to.

I know the Hoosiers are so excited about this that many would travel to the Champ Sports Bowl in Orlando or even the Alamo Bowl in San Antonio were they fortunate enough to have any shot at those.
But I think they would be likely to have a higher turn-out in Detroit.

I think another outside-outside shot would be the International Bowl or the Texas Bowl since Notre Dame won't be eligible and it's not quite 100% that the Big East will have enough teams to fill all their slots.